Hair-pin box.



B. E. SAWYER.

HAIR PIN BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED 00m11.190s.

955,9 1 4. Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

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HAIR-PIN Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

Application led October 4, 1909. Serial No. 520,953.

To Il whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURNSIDE E. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitohbur in the county of Worcester and State of assachusetts, have invented a new and useful Hair-Pin Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a box for use in displaying and selling hair pins and articles o a similar character.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a box, adapted to receive hair pins orthe like inside, with a simple and strong means, in connection with the label or band, for holding a hair pin on the outside where it can be displayed as a sam le; to provide a reinforcement for the labe or band capable of distributing the strain of holding the pin so that the label will not easily tear or be disarranged; and to provide effective additional means for retaining the hair pin or the like in position under the label.

Further objects and advantages of the invention willappear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had Vto the accompanying drawings in Which- Figure 1 is a plan of a box constructed in accordance with this invention. Fi 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are bottom plan views of the reinforcing strip showing two forms of retaining devices thereon.

The invention is shown as applied to a box a suitable for holding a plurality of hair pins b therein. VAround this box near the middle is wrapped a label, band, or wrapper c under which one hair pin can be held on the box. This band usually is made of thin paper and for the purpose of reinforcing it and distributin the strain of holding the hair pin over the exposed surface of the label, the box is provided with two longitudinal slits d located near the middle of the ed es so that an auxiliary strip of card-boar or the" like e can have its ends inserted down throu h the slits in such a way that its main ody will extend into contact with the under side of the top if y the label. The upward strain cause holdingl the pin to the box by the label is distributed over the entireexposed inner surface thereof by the auxiliary card-board; therefore the lateral tearing of the wrapper is. prevented by the reinforced card-board sheet. This sheet is accurately held in position by the longitudinal slits through which its ends pass, and as its ends press against the inside of the box, its center is thereby kept in a permanent arched condition. These ends preferably are clipped off at the corners, as shown at Fig. 3, so as to permit them to be readily inserted through the slits.

For the purpose of more securely holding the hairpin in position and particularly for holding it against longitudinal displacement, a small block of wood or other ight material f is shown glued or otherwise secured on the under side of the auxiliary card-boardso as to projectdown between the legs of the hair pin. As the cardboard is held firmly by the box, the hair pin can be pushed 1n past the block f and lts natural resiliency will cause it to clas the block so that the hair pin will be hel securely in position. This block can be omitted, if desired, particularly when small hair pins are to be held. It will be understood of course, that the cylindrical block f shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, while calpable of general use for holding pins of al kinds, is particularly adapted for those having concaved inner sides. Many other shapes of these blocks can be used for different kinds of hair pins or other articles and one of them is shown at f in Fig. 4 b way of illustration. This is particularly a apted for articles which have straight parallel legs because the latter will engage it along its long surfaces.

It will be seen that the box itself securely holds the reinforcing or auxiliary sheet e and keeps its upper part in arched shape so that it will hold the band or label permanently in that form. In this way the band is always up out of contact with the box so that the hair pin can be inserted at any time without rst shaping up the thin flexible label to receive it and can be pushed in freely until it engages the inside of the auxiliary sheet with sufficient tightness to hold it in position, without any great danger of tearing the label. At the same time the legs of the hair pin are forced apart by the block or f and by their natural reslliency they old themselves upon the latter so that the hair pin is held both longitudinally and laterally. In some cases it is necessary to part the ends of the legs with the fingers in order to get the hair pin into position, but it can be removed simply by pulling it out.

While I have illustrated and described certain preferred forms of the invention, and shown it as applied to hair pins only, I am aware that many modifications can be madev therein by any person skilled in the art, and that it can be used for holding other articles without'departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, Ido not wish to be limited to all the particular details shown and described, but

What I do claim is z-` l. As an article of manufacture, a' box or receptacle having parallel slits near the edges of one' wall thereof and apiece of sheet material having its ends inserted through said slits and permanently arched in position over the wall in which the slits occur to permit the insertion of a hair-pin or the like between said wall and said sheet material, the ends of saidpiece of sheet material extending into the box and engaging the inside surface of the opposite walls thereof.

2. The combination of a box having longitudinal slits, an auxiliary piece of card board inserted through same, and a band or label covering and holding said card board in place.

3. The combination of a box having lon git-ud'inalslits in one side thereof, of a band or label surrounding the box over the slits, an auxiliary piece of sheet material inserted through the slits under the band or label and in contact therewith, and a holding member on the auxiliary sheet projecting therefrom :lffr receiving the legs of a hair pin or the 4. The combination with a box or receptacle, of a band or label surrounding the same, an auxiliary sheetheld by the box i under said band or label, and a block on the under side of the auxiliary sheet for frictionally holding a hair pin or the like.

5. As an article @f manufacture, a box or receptacle having a piece of sheet material extending upwardly therefrom, and arched over the top of the box, and a block con- 4 nected with said sheet and extending downwardly therefrom for receiving and frictionally holding a hair pin or the like.

6. As an article of manufacture, aibox or receptacle having a band or label surround? BURNSIDE E, SAWYER.

Witnesses CHARLES F. BAKER, EMERSON W. BAKER. 

